Gearbox System With an Automated Manual Gearbox

A method for operating a gearbox system, the gearbox system including an automated manual gearbox, a gearbox control device configured to control the automated manual gearbox, a user-actuable monostable toggle switch which is movable in exactly two deflection directions for selection of at least one of a plurality of driving levels of the gearbox control device, and a visual device configured to graphically display a gearshift diagram having driving levels selectable by the toggle switch, the gearbox control device having a further driving level which is not selectable using the toggle switch, comprising the acts of:

• while operating with the further driving level selected, displaying using at least one display of the visual device a symbol indicating the at least one deflection direction of the toggle switch which will cause the further driving level to be exited;
• and
• while operating with the further driving level selected, exiting the further driving level by moving the toggle switch in at least one of the two deflection directions,
• wherein the gearbox control device configured to control the at least one display such that the symbol is only displayed when the further driving level is selected.